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Derya Atabey – Southeast Asia Early Childhood, 2024
This research sets out to examine digital games containing sexuality and sympathetic violence. The study group of the research consists of 5 digital games; 3 digital games with sexuality and 2 digital games with sympathetic violence. A checklist developed by the researcher is used as a data collection tool in the study. The research has been…
Descriptors: Video Games, Sexuality, Violence, Child Development
Nesrin Isikoglu; Kadriye Selin Budak; Müzeyyen Guzen – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
The current study aims to identify changing trends in digital play addiction tendencies among young children and parental guidance strategies before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. In light of the bioecological model of development, it was hypothesized that the pandemic would have a significant impact on the addiction to digital play…
Descriptors: Young Children, Play, Addictive Behavior, Parent Role
Flynn, Rachel M.; Richert, Rebekah A.; Wartella, Ellen – American Journal of Play, 2019
The authors discuss the impact of interactive digital games on the lives and the play of young children in terms of "Sesame Street"'s express mission to help children become smarter, stronger, and kinder. They conclude that such games have much the same effect as other types of play and call for more research to help use it.
Descriptors: Video Games, Play, Young Children, Child Development
Lai, Ngan Kuen; Ang, Tan Fong; Por, Lip Yee; Liew, Chee Sun – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2018
Play is never absent in human life, especially for children. The act of playing requires a game. Games can be divided into digital games and non-digital games. Digital games are games that utilise computers, mobile or handheld devices, or gaming console as playing platform while non-digital games may require physical contact and/or equipment which…
Descriptors: Play, Child Development, Computer Games, Handheld Devices
Carlsson-Paige, Nancy – Defending the Early Years, 2018
Many parents find it hard to make decisions about screen time for their kids because advice comes from different directions and often conflicts. In the field of child development, there are decades of theory and research that can be very helpful as a guide for screen and digital device use with young kids. These ideas can be a resource for parents…
Descriptors: Young Children, Child Development, Information Technology, Mass Media Use
Slutsky, Ruslan; Slutsky, Mindy; DeShelter, Lori M. – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 2014
Technology now plays a very large role in the way children of all ages play. Children want access to technology, so parents and teachers must determine the best ways to present it to them. Computers are a popular form of technology for children as young as age three. With that in mind, computer games should be problem-solving oriented and…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Young Children, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Plowman, Lydia; McPake, Joanna – Childhood Education, 2013
Parents and educators tend to have many questions about young children's play with computers and other technologies at home. They can find it difficult to know what is best for children because these toys and products were not around when they were young. Some will say that children have an affinity for technology that will be valuable in their…
Descriptors: Young Children, Information Technology, Misconceptions, Computers
Healy, Jane M. – 1998
As the federal government provides funding to wire classrooms to the Internet, software companies market educational programs even for preschoolers, and school administrators cut funding in other areas to make room for new computers, it is time to examine the impact of computer use on children. Presented in three parts, this book examines the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Brain, Child Development
Wartella, Ellen; Caplovitz, Allison G.; Lee, June H. – Society for Research in Child Development, 2004
Interactive media have come of age. The range of interactive entertainment products, intended to be used by children in and out of school settings is growing: CD-ROMs, computers, the Internet, video games (for a variety of handheld and console platforms), interactive toys (including educational talking books), and a variety of wireless software…
Descriptors: Social Media, Toys, Computer Games, Video Games